2009/12/1 James Bensley <jwbensley at gmail.com>: > I removed the smb.conf file and wrote a new one manually but for > some reason it only wants to let me connect as "Guest" and not a real > user with some privileges? Okay... had a closer look and suggests that your users are not authenticating properly. Have you created samba accounts for the linux users you wish to have access? See http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-samba-configuring.html As Eero suggests, increase your logging level. Ben